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Rizal governor tests positive for COVID-19: son

March 26, 2020



Rizal Governor Rebecca  Ynares tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, her son, former Antipolo City mayor Casimiro Ynares III said Wednesday evening.

“We wish to announce thaat it is confirmed that  Governor Nini Ynares has the  COVID-19 virus,” the younger Ynares said on Facebook.

Gov. Ynares, who is in quarantine, is in stable condition, he said.

He said his father, former Governor Casimiro Ynares Jr. was also placed under quarantine.

He urged those who came in contact  with his parents in the past two weeks to have medical examination and undergo a 14-day self quarantine.

Ynares appealed for prayers from the public for his parents and those who are sick of the COVID-19. DMS